Improvement in folding hat-racks



' UNITED STATES PATENT -`(DEEIOE.

NATHAN HAYDEN, OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN yFOLDINGI HAT-RACKS.

' Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,168, datedDecember 26, 1871 ;k antedated December 9, 1871.

Figure l is a front View of my improved hat.

rack when adjusted. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same When folded, andFig. 3 is a side view of the same when folded.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts V in the severalfigures Of the drawing.

My invention relates to Athat class of hat-racks for use in public andprivate buildings; and the nature of the improvement consists in thedetail construction of the several parts, whereby the same describes acircle when un folded for use, and folded into a small space when not inuse, the Whole of which will be more fully understood from the followingdescription In the drawing, A represents a series of sections, which areeach composed of two slats C and C', and pivoted together at their outerends by means of apin, E, passingtransversely through the same. The saidpins are provided with a shoulder, a, which bears against the frontsurface of the slat C, as shown in Fig. 3. The portion thereof passingthrough the said slat is made Y smooth, and is looselyT iittedtherein,and is screwthreaded at its outer end, and which engages a correspondingscrew-thread formed in the aperture of slat C', whereby the two slatsare firmly connected, and in such a manner as to form a hinge or pointat their outer extremities. The said slat C of each section is pivotedto slat C of the adjacent section, by a screw-threaded pin, E', passingthrough the same, as shown in` Fig. 1, and is also pivoted at its innerend to slat G of each alternate section by an Ordinary screw passingthrough' the same, thereby connecting the whole, so that when adjustedthe respective seotions are so arranged as to form a frame or rackdescribing a circle. of suitable length to admit of Vhanging thereonhats and other articles of wearing apparel. F is an annular frame,within which is secured a looking-glass, F. The said frame is providedupon its back with a shoulder, so arranged as to come in contactwith theends of slats C and G when in position. fra-nie is a cleat, G, whichprojects outward beyond the outer side of the frame, and is so arrangedas to come in contact with and bear against the back of the inner endsof opposite sections A, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. l, therebyholding the same irmly in position.

In using my improved hat-rack it is suspended from the wall by anysuitable means. The hatrack, when not in use, may be folded, as shown inFig. 2, occupying but litt-1e space, and is accomplished by removing oneof the pins E and the screw connecting the inner ends ofthe slats G andC.

It will be noticed that the pins E and E' are each screw-threaded at theend, which is to allow the slats being readily taken apart, and so as tobe packed in a small space for transportation.

By the construction and arrangement of my said improved hat-rack isprovided an article which is cheap, convenient, ornamental, and durable,and easily adjusted.

Having thus described the nature and object of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A circular folding hat-rack, composed of slats C and C connectedbyscrew-threaded pins E and E', the whole arranged substantially in themanner and for the purpose described.

2. In combination with a circular folding hatrack, as described, theframe F provided with a looking-glass, F', all arranged substantially asand for the purpose described.

The foregoing specication of my invention signed by me this 14th day ofMay, A. D. 1871. Witnesses NATHAN HAYDEN.

N. C. GRIDLEY, N. H. SHERBUENE. (62) The said pins E and E are' Pivotedto the backl of the same

